Match the following
-Physician performs a single service but bills it as a series of separate procedures
A) The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
B) internal fraud
C) unbundling
D) underutilization
E) fraud indicator
F) overutilization
G) Occupational Safety and Health Act
H) kickbacks
I) Social Security Disability Insurance
J) upcoding

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Unbundling is when a physician codes and bills separately for each component of a single service instead of using a comprehensive code for the entire service. This is fraudulent because the physician receives higher reimbursement than if they had used a single comprehensive code.

Match the Following -Physician Performs a Single Service but Bills It as a It